Announcing: Creative Director Residency with Stop LAPD Spying Coalition

The Short: This is how I will do my part. This Summer I will serve as Creative Director in Residence for the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. Stop LAPD Spying has been on the front lines pushing back against racist and illegal law enforcement programs for years. They press lawsuits, tactical demonstrations and published reports that back their action with data. I’ll use my creativity and platforms to help elevate Stop LAPD Spying’s message. We will tell the story of how policing, brutalizing and slaying black and brown bodies is bigger than just the police. To support them, I’ll help manage volunteer creatives across a number of disciplines. I will put out a formal call for volunteers soon, but if you’re a creative who is curios hit me up NOW. This will move fast.

For those who would like to support this activism residency, you can become a Patron at my Patreon, or 

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The Long: Weeds need to be pulled up from the roots. Police reform looks good on paper, but research shows it doesn’t work. Defunding and abolishing the police is good too. But removing the police will leave other bad agencies and surveillance tech behind to fill that void. The police are part of a gang of agencies that use information to “keep us in our place”. To put it in context of current events, predictive policing is about to get crazy because of COVID contact tracing. Why? Because there is a surveillance pipeline directly from

healthcare to law enforcement. Making the police go away would peel away a scab that reveals a nastier infection. My efforts will help paint the picture. 

I have known Stop LAPD Spying for a few years, via Digital Action Committee. They taught me a lot about surveillance, tracking, predictive policing and how all those roads lead back to white supremacy. They also showed me back then why reform doesn’t work. I didn’t understand then, but I do now. My mission will be to take you through a similar journey.

New Landspeedr and Digital Action Committee messages heading out soon. 

****For those curious about the status of the Virginia Tech residency I announced a few months ago, we just learned a few weeks ago that they have postponed it until Summer 2021, due to Covid. I’ll keep you posted, thank you to those that contributed.****